The History of India from the Earliest Ages, Volum 1

James Talboys Wheeler

John Childs, 1867

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INTRODUCTION	1

4 Jealous wrath of Duryodhana	4

Characteristics of the Vedic period	6

Krishna advises Bhíma to provoke Duryodhana to leave	8

Connection of cooking with sacrifice	12

The deities supposed to be attracted by the noise of	13

Characteristics of Súrya or the	22

Necessity for the Raja to control his passions for an entire	27

Review of the foregoing narrative	372

The Aswamedha a more important rite than the Rajasúya	378

125	380

The horse fastened to the rock	399

Mythical description of Raja Babhruváhana	405

Perfumes distributed by beautiful girls	407

Sensational descent into the city of Serpents	423

Historical value of the legends referring to the early rivalry	440

Monotheistic verses	28

Súdras	32

Duryodhanas surprise at the marvels at Indraprastha	33

CHAPTER I	42

Womens apartments	43

Selfsacrifice of Mádrí on the funeral pile of her husband	45

Foundation of the great Raj of Bhárata by Raja Bhárata	48

Gandharva marriage a union without marriage ceremonies	49

Miserable fate of Ambá	55

Distance of Benares from Hastinapur	56

The myth proved to be an interpolation by the supernatural	60

Unpardonable nature of the affront which had been put upon	64

Original idea of Satí amongst the Scythians	69

Generally correspond to the Chaplains and Bishops of Chris	79

4th Public exhibition of arms at Hastinapur	85

Galleries adorned with flags and garlands	86

Historical significance of the change	92

Review of the foregoing myth Its incredibility	95

Subordinate details to be also ascribed to a later	98

Pandavas to be regarded as the representatives of the Aryan	104

Life of the Pandavas as mendicant Bráhmans in the city	110

Polyandry an institution still existing in Thibet	116

The Pandavas resolve to attend	118

Dhrishtadyumna follows his sister to the house of the Pán	124

Acknowledgment of the right of the elder brother to choose	132

General credibility of the tradition	134

Returns to the quarters of the Pándavas in the camp of	136

Councilhall	137

Memory of the incident preserved in a later myth	140

The modern Munnipurees a genuine relic of the Scythic Nágas	149

General prosperity insured by the virtues of the Raja	155

Jealousy of Duryodhana	161

Stakes his brothers as slaves and loses them	179

Bhíma serving as cook	182

Impressive picture of the departure of the Pandavas and Drau	186

Indications that the Pándavas never wandered at a great dis	193

The Pandavas receive the ambassador in Council	195

Jayadratha carries away Draupadí in his chariot by main force	200

Draupadí enters the presence of the Rání	207

Kitchen	209

Bhíma commanded by Yudhishthira not to interfere	213

Explains how Yudhishthira has in every case prohibited	214

Arjuna brings back Uttar and makes him drive the chariot	222

Damayantí sends her children to Nala	235

Questionable beauty	236

We are anxious to avoid a war	243

Returns to the house of Vidura and declines all other	261

Mythical references to Krishna	271

Appointment of signs and watchwords	277

Humility and reverence exhibited by Arjuna	279

4th Rules agreed to on both sides for ameliorating the horrors	283

Brahmanical origin of the rules	284

Final combat between Duryodhana and Bhíma prefaced by	293

Damayantí permitted to receive the charioteer in her	309

Arjuna taunted by Yudhishthira	326

The Maharaja offers to divide the administration between	340

Returns to the quarters of the Pándavas in the camp of	344

Krishna reproached by Duryodhana	345

Aswattháma escapes with the heads of the five sons of	350

Draupadí persists in having an amulet belonging to Aswattháma	354

Termination of the war and triumph of the Pándavas	355

Want of family sympathy on the part of the Brahmanical	360

Burning of the remaining bodies	365

Review of the foregoing narrative	441

Encouraged by Krishna	447

Death of Vasudeva	450

PART III	457

Migration of the Yádavas from Mathurá to Dwáraká	459

Churning day in the house of Nanda and Yasodá	465

Flight of the Hot Season	466

Portentous dreams of Kansa	472

Three Hindú traditions referring to three different epochs	478

Main incidents	479

Nala remonstrates	484

Wrath of Kali at finding that Nala was chosen	485

the name of Váhuka	491

Damayantí fails to recognize him as Váhuka	497

Damayantí receives Nala in the garb of a widow	499

Devayání proposes marriage	511

Love passage between Yayáti and Sarmishthá	517

Confusion in the application of the terms Devatás and Daityas	519

CHAPTER IV	522

Sports of the daughter of the Minister and daughter of	528

Mysterious attributes of fire	535

Alleged breach of the law by Arjuna	536

42	537

Termination of the war and triumph of the Pandavas	538

1st Jealousies between the Kauravas and Pándavas	539

Slays the Raja and his elephant at a single blow	540

Bhíma fights Drona until sunrise	541

Pursuit of Jayadratha	542

Bhíma offers to go to the city of Badravati to bring away	543

Subsequent decay of the Vedic religion in the Brahmanic	544

11	545

Tradition obscured by mythical additions	546

Oriental idea of happiness	547

His flight	548

Reign of the blind Dhritarashtra	549

Flight and death of the brethren of Kíchaka	550

97	551

Duryodhana elects to have Krishnas army	552

Popularity of the fictions	553

226	554

Jayadratha abandons Draupadí and seeks to escape	555

138	557

Contrast between the historical traditions of Krishna and	558

Bhíma retorts that Krishnas stomach contains the universe	559

Mythical character of the legend respecting Ambá	560

falsifications and interpolations	561

The Swayamvara origin of the institution 117	562

Prominent part taken by the Scythic Nágas in the history	563

Review of the foregoing tradition of Nala and Damayanti	564

Pándavas found the city of Indraprastha on the Jumná	565

63	566

Probable character of the sacrificial rites	567

12	568

Historical form of the tradition	569

Beautiful wives of the Serpents	570

Pavilions for the suitors	571

24	572

Born of a fishgirl named Matsya in Eastern Bengal	573

Taunt of Sakuni	575

Bards and eulogists chaunt the praises of Yudhishthira	576

VOL I	579

Character of Devayání a contrast to that of Damayantí

Frases i termes més freqüents

Abhimanyu Agni amongst ancient appear Arjuna army Aryans Asura Aswamedha Aswattháma Babhru-váhana Balaráma battle behold Bhima Bhishma Bráh Brahmanical Brahmanical compilers brethren brother chariot Chieftains combat command Daityas Damayantí damsel daughter davas death deity Devayání Dhaumya Dhrishta-dyumna Dhritarashtra Draupadí Drona Drupada Duhsásana Duryod Duryodhana Dwáraká elephant enemy exile father fight foregoing fought Gándhárí Gandharvas gods Hastinapur head hero Hindú hishthira HISTORY homa horse husband hymns INDIA Indra Jayadratha jewels jungle Karna Kauravas Kíchaka kinsmen Krishna Kshatriyas Kuntí legend Mahá Bhárata Maharaja marriage mother myth mythical Nágas Nala narrative palace Pán Pándavas Pándu performed pray present priest Raja Drupada Raja Viráta Raja Yudhishthira Rajasúya Rání replied returned Rig-Veda Rishi sacrifice sage Sahadeva Sakuni Sálya Sanjaya sent serpents slain slay sons story Susarman Swayamvara thira tion took tradition Uttar Vedic Vidura Vishnu Vyása warriors whilst wife wives women words worship wrath yodhana Yudhish

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Títol	The History of India from the Earliest Ages, Volum 1 The History of India from the Earliest Ages, James Talboys Wheeler
Autor	James Talboys Wheeler
Editor	John Childs, 1867
Original de	National Library of the Netherlands
Digitalitzat el	15 Nov. 2011

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